U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 9, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,312,000 broilers, no-change from the same week a year earlier.

The no-change in slaughter compares with a 4-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-percent increase in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States.

U.S. Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broiler Slaughter Report
Week ending Eggs set Chicks placed Eggs set Chicks placed Broilers slaughtered
change from change from 10 weeks previous 7 weeks previous
1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year
– 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – %
March
28 238,316
102
190,698
102
237,441 104 189,981 104 169,683 105
April
4 228,192
99
187,257
100 240,683 105 191,781 104 164,732 100
11 217,714
93
178,580
96
238,818 104 190,275 103 155,111 94
18 221,542
94
178,123
95
239,736 105 190,863 104 149,720 94
25 217,262
93
173,479
93
237,916 103 188,166 102 156,020 99
May
2 221,033
95
166,565
88
239,402 103 191,148 103 162,022 99
9



241,143 104 191,748 104  164,312 100